Author Grace Blakeley and economist Diego Zuluaga debate the state of capitalism and whether it's a failing system.www.aljazeera.com
(Photo from China Daily) The U.S. has signed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democraen.people.cn
Top businessman who asked Amit Shah why his government resented criticism is now being accused of acting against the national interest.thewire.in
"Gerrymandering is not inevitable.”www.teenvogue.com
Democracy must be more than one meeting, more than a process, more than a day of action or a tactic. It must include deep deliberation, a commitment to intersectional justice, creative and compassionate shared leadership and governance. .. WTO Shutdown 20-Year Anniversary Series:The Shutdown WTO Organizers History Project and Common Dreams have produced this series of ten people's history accounts and forward-looking lessons from organizers who were in the streets of Seattle in 1999—at the very end of last centurywww.commondreams.org
Glen Resler says the ongoing investigations have continued uninterrupted since Lorne Gibson’s removal, though he did not give a timeline for hiring a replacementwww.theglobeandmail.com
Read the full transcript of our discussion about the Trump impeachment inquiry and what it means for a polarised nation.www.aljazeera.com
An open letter to the members of the French Citizen Climate Convention from several mass-action environmental organizations was recently published in Reporterre – a French environmental daily newspaper.https://equalitybylot.com/2019/11/25/citizen-climate-convention-become-a-democratic-assembly/
Hong Kong pro-democracy forces scored a sweeping victory in local elections Sunday that saw a record number of voters deliver a stunning rebuke to Beijing. Opposition candidates won nearly 90 percent of contested seats, according to public broadcaster RTHK.www.voanews.com
Two writers discuss the rewriting of history, culture wars, multiple identities and the storyteller's duty to speak up.www.aljazeera.com
There needs to be a radical transformation of Facebook and Google's surveillance business model as it poses a systemic threat to human rights,www.amnesty.org
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit still faces a criminal charge of sedition for allegedly aiding protesters in 2015.www.aljazeera.com
Poland's Supreme Court must now decide whether a body overseeing judges is politically independent.www.aljazeera.com
If policymakers and voters really want to be “realistic,” then it is essential to appreciate the full #future costs of the path on which they are currently set and to acknowledge the dangerously perverse incentives for escalating #violence, extortion, and authoritarian rule that it entrenches.#news #asylum #migration #politics #humanRights #democracy
Progressive forces must act together on both sides of the border to reframe the #debate.
(New York) – The Lao government should immediately release political activists arrested for planning a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Vientiane.www.hrw.org
POTUS intervenes in the cases of two Army officers and a Navy SEAL.www.militarytimes.com
Foreign powers have ample ability, through their lobbyists, to directly influence congressional legislation. They also have at least three indirect, perfectly legal avenues for trying to shift U.S. foreign policy in their favor: think tanks, the media, and academia... Foreign influence in America is the topic du jour. From the impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s request that a foreign power investigate a political opponent to the indictment of associates of his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, for illegally funneling foreign money into U.S. elections, the nation has been transfixed by news of illegal foreign influence in the political process.www.commondreams.org
Violence is the Supreme Authority From Which All Other Authority is Derivedwww.bitchute.com
Podle místního tisku prožívá Hongkong nejvážnější krizi od konce britské správy. Střety mezi protestujícími a bezpečnostními silami neustávají. Zásadní úlohu tak hraje skupina dobrovolných záchranářů, která se skrytě organizuje a pomáhá zraněným přes mobilní telefon, ale také přímo na ulici.ct24.ceskatelevize.cz
Amazon's tiny investment in PACs will make at least one-third of Seattle's city council into their lackeyswww.salon.com
A study questions the notion that support for representative government increases with timewww.economist.com
A new book challenges one of our most persistent illusions.www.vox.com
PDF | Nonviolent mass movements are the primary challengers to governments today. This represents a pronounced shift in the global landscape of dissent.... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGatewww.researchgate.net
Steve Scalise rolls out one of the silliest lines yet.www.esquire.com